DialAmerica
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Private | |
| Industry | Telemarketing |
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| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S. |
Key people | Chris Conway, President, CEO John Redinger, Sr VP Sales/Marketing Gerhard Lindenmayer, Information Security Officer |
Number of employees | 5,000[1] |
| Website | www.dialamerica.com |
DialAmerica is a telemarketing company. It originated with the establishment of the first-ever call center by the Life Circulation Company in 1957.[2] In 1963, the company developed a sales campaign to support local sports teams and not-for-profit organizations. Time Inc. magazine spun off and sold their telephone subscription unit to Life Circulation Co. in 1976, forming DialAmerica Marketing. Time Inc. had developed a model of magazine sales using the telephone.
Since 1976, the company has expanded with services extending to areas including banking (
.Legal activity
In 2004, DialAmerica filed papers with the Federal Communications Commission seeking a national exemption from do-not-call lists.[4]
References
- ^ "DialAmerica Corporate Overview". Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Black, John. "The History of the Modern Day Call Center". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "DialAmerica Magazines". Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ "DialAmerica Seeks No-Call Exemption for Magazine-Charity Program".